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Burmese and Balochi


Balochi and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Myanmar   
Iran   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Kurdish and Persian   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
26   
16

Scripts
Tangut   
Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Salam   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
mana bebahgsh   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
chone tao?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
jawáin shap   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
jawáin begáh   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
jawáin sawáh   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Mihrabani kan   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
bebaksh / bebagsh   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
bye   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Tu mana doost biyeh   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
mana bebahgsh   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Eastern Balochi   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Western Balochi   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Intha   
Southern Balochi   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
3,400,000.00   
10

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
بلوچی   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Baluchi   

French Name
birman   
baloutchi   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Belutschisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
19th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Balochi   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
bal   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
bal   

ISO 639 3
mya   
bal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
balo1260   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Burmese and Balochi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Balochi dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Balochi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Balochi Dialects are spoken in different Balochi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Balochi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi , Western Balochi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Burmese and Balochi Speaking population

Burmese and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Balochi on Burmese vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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